---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000320187-26-000170"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKE"
cik: "0000320187"
company_name: "NIKE, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-16T20:21:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-16T20:22:07.314588+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alexandre Arnault joins NIKE board as LVMH executive; board expands to 12

## Summary
- Board increased to 12 directors; Arnault appointed effective Sept 15, 2026, term runs to 2027 annual meeting.
- Arnault, 34, is Deputy CEO of Moët Hennessy (LVMH wines/spirits) since Feb 2025 and an LVMH board member since Apr 2024.
- Previously EVP at Tiffany & Co. (2021-2025) and CEO of RIMOWA (2016-2020); served on boards of Birkenstock, Carrefour, Moncler.
- Granted sign-on award of $200,000 in restricted Class B common shares, forfeitable if board service ends before first anniversary.
- Committee assignments not yet determined; Arnault participates in standard director compensation program for fiscal 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000320187-26-000170
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKE
- cik: 0000320187
- company_name: NIKE, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-16T20:21:31+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018726000170/0000320187-26-000170-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018726000170/nke-20260915.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000320187-26-000170.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alexandre Arnault was appointed as director at NIKE, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On September 15, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of NIKE, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board to twelve directors and appointed Alexandre Arnault as a director of the Company, effective immediately, for an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320187/000032018726000170/0000320187-26-000170-index.htm

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